Statement made by: Women in Fisheries. Masifundise Development Trust. Made at: Lambertsbaai, South Africa, 18th February 2010. “Our fishing communities are currently facing a social, economic and environmental crisis. The human rights of our communities, particularly those of young girls and women, are being violated on a daily basis and we can no longer protect our children or our marine resources ...
Statement from the Brussels Workshop on Common Fisheries Policy Reform in the European Union and Small-Scale Fisheries: Paving the way to sustainable livelihoods and thriving fishing communities. We, participants from 7 countries*, representing diverse small-scale fishing interests, NGOs, scientists and others, meeting in Brussels on Monday September 28, 2009 at the workshop on Common Fisheries Policy Reform in the European Union ...
The Lombok Statement, made at: ICSF Workshop on ‘Customary institutions in Indonesia: Do they have a role in fisheries and coastal area management’, 2-5 August, Lombok. Indonesia is an archipelago with deep historical roots in its maritime affairs and fisheries. The sea is seen by traditional fishing communities not just as a means of livelihood but as a way of ...
Statement made on: Agenda Item 9: Securing sustainable fisheries: Towards responsible fisheries and social development, by the WFFP, ICSF and IPC. Made at the: Twenty-Eighth Session Of The Committee On Fisheries, 2009 Intervention on behalf of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP), International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)) and the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC). Thank ...
Statement made by: WFFP, ICSF and IPC on Implementation of the Code of Conduct. Made at: the 28th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI), FAO, Rome. March 2009. Members of the FAO Committee on Fisheries, Government representatives, Non Governmental observers; Civil Society Organizations, comrade artisanal fishermen and fisherwomen. My name is Zoila Bustamente, I am a fisherwoman from the ...
Intervention of Civil Society Organizations: the World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP), the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF), and the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC). Made on Agenda Item 6: Decisions and Recommendations of the Fourth Session of the Sub- Committee on Aquaculture. Made at: Committee on Fisheries 28th Session, March 2009. Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, first ...
Statement made by WFFP, ICSF and IPC on Agenda Item 5: Trade at 28th Session of COFI COFI 28, 3 mars 2009, 5. Décisions et recommandations de la onzième session du Sous- Comité du commerce du poisson du Comité des pêches, Brême (Allemagne), 3-6 juin 2008. Déclaration de Forum Mundiale des Populations des Pêcheurs (WFFP) sur le commerce. Monsieur le Président, ...
Workshop Statement on: “Social Dimensions Of Marine Protected Area Implementation In India: Do Fishing Communities Benefit?” Made at: 21 To 22 January 2009. Image Auditorium, Chennai. We, representatives of artisanal and small-scale fishworker organizations, organizations in support of fishworkers, environmental groups, and the scientific community, committed to equitable and socially-just conservation, use and management of coastal and marine living resources, having ...
Statement made by: the World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP). Made to the FAO Conference on Small Scale Fisheries, Bangkok, 2008 INTRODUCTION Around the world, small-scale, artisanal and indigenous fisher people are standing up to protect their rights, the futures of their coastal communities and the marine ecosystems upon which they depend. The World Forum of Fisher People is ...
This Statement was presented on 17 October 2008 at the Global Conference on Small-scale Fisheries, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Royal Government of Thailand. The list of workshop participants is available at http://sites.google.com/site/smallscalefisheries/participants Civil Society Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand. 11 to 13 October 2008. Preamble We, 106 participants from 36 countries, representing small-scale ...